Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D1-P / Germany / Baltic Sea
| Report type | Member State report to Commission |
| MSFD Article | Art. 9 Determination of GES (and Art. 17 updates) |
| Report due | 2018-10-15 |
| GES Descriptor | D1 Pelagic habitats |
| Member State | Germany |
| Region/subregion | Baltic Sea |
| Reported by | Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit |
| Report date | 2020-02-17 |
| Report access | DE_ART9_GES.xml |
GES component |
D1
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D1-P
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D1C6
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Marine reporting units |
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Features |
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GES description |
It can be said that overall GES for D1/6 cannot yet be established, but at the minimum, good environmental status is achieved if good environmental status is achieved, if:
?... the coastal waters in accordance with the Water Framework Directive are in good environmental condition and in good chemical status.
... are in a favourable conservation status for the habitat types of Annex I (habitat type 11) to the Habitats Directive relevant to the marine environment in the Baltic Sea.
... the species of Annex II to the Habitats Directive, relevant for the marine sector in the Baltic Sea, as well as species of the Birds Directive relevant for the marine sector in the Baltic Sea, are in favourable conservation status due to the quality of their food habitat.
... the objectives are achieved by single species or group specific conventions (e.g. ASCOBANS, Yaoundé).
... HELCOM?s biodiversity is in good condition.
For the assessment of good environmental status in relation to D1-Pelagian habitats, criterion D1C6 is used as set out in Commission Decision (EU) 2017/848. Pending the development of the necessary assessment methods in the open Baltic Sea > 1 nautical mile may be used as a proxy for criteria D5C2, D5C3. In addition, criterion D1C6 is evaluated with diatoms/dinoflagellates Index indicator. The HELCOM Indicator zooplankton mean size and total biomass is under development. In the coastal waters < 1 nautical mile, the WFD quality component phytoplankton quality is assessed.
Explanation: Germany does not update the general description of good environmental status (GES) from 2012 at descriptor level in this reporting exercise. During the reporting period, Germany has worked with the countries bordering the Baltic Sea in the framework of the EU?s MSC CIS process and in HELCOM to develop methodological standards (indicators, evaluation procedures). Specific aspects of criteria and indicators that contribute to a quantitative assessment of good environmental status are reported in the reporting scheme Art. 8_GES. For the assessment of the criteria set out in Commission Decision (EU) 2017/848, the relevant assessments under other EU directives shall be taken into account under Article 8_GES, taking into account, as far as possible, the regional assessments that have been coordinated so far and, on a case-by-case basis, supplemented by national assessments.
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Determination date |
201810 |
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Update type |
Same as last reported determination |
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Justification for non-use of criterion |
In the coastal waters, the WFD-Assessment of the biological quality component phytoplankton was used to assess D1C6.
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Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements |
During the reporting period, regional cooperation focused on the development of methodological standards to assess the various aspects of stress and resilience on the basis of Commission Decision 2010/477/EU. The indicators vary in their level of maturity and require further development or testing. Commission Decision (EU) 2017/848 gives, for the first time, an explicit obligation on the part of the EU Member States to agree on evaluation elements, thresholds and integration rules in the framework of the EU MSFD CIS process and through regional or subregional cooperation. Germany is actively working with the countries bordering the Baltic Sea in the framework of the ongoing work programmes of the EU MSFD and the HELCOM bodies to establish where a coordinated definition is still missing.
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